The fires of faith burned once again in Rome this week, as Cardinal Dueze's crackdown on heretical religions, apostates, and enemies of the stage began. Several Maronite followers of the Apostate-Excommunicate, Elias Boutros, were arrested in Siena last week and brought to Rome just after Dueze's appointment as Prefect of The Inquisition. Overseeing their interrogations personally, the fourteen men and ten women confessed to their heresy, apostasy, and in a few cases the impostering the clerics of the mother church. Political opponents of both Dueze and the Inquisition have claimed that such confessions could be valid as they were "most likely brought about through the gross method of torture". Examinations by members of The Sacred Band, of whom are not under the Inquisition's purview, have found no physical evidence of any torture noting that "The bodies of the heathens were a bit red from the shackles, but no physical alteration from known methods of torture were found". The men and women were burned on Friday, but were not given the release of being strangled during the burning, as their grave heresy does not incur the secular mercy.
In a move that is controversial among the more conservative members of the curia, Pope Helius has made a nationwide BAN on 'Conversion Therapy', as well as writing a mini-encyclical instructing his Catholic subjects and Catholic majority countries to ban it as well. Citing medical research as well as psychological literature, Helius made this ban to not only protect the homosexual citizens of his kingdoms, but to prevent the grave sin of suicide from occurring. "Suicide, a mortal sin, should be prevented at all costs. Especially if this sin is caused by external factors. The church needs to aid all of its subjects, not just the self-righteous few." Helius wrote in the letter. The pope has also directed Stefano de' Medici to increase the subsidization of mental health relief and outreach throughout the empire.
Scientific breakthroughs in the development of lab-grown organs and meat were announced on Thursday by scientists in Belgium. Working to decrease the burden of food pricing and malnutrition on the poorest as well as a source of organs for those in dire need of them, the scientists said they've begun work on creating a physical prototype of a device that will grow meat patties and another that will 'print' a heart for an elderly man who has no donors available. They will be complete within the year, and testing will be done for another four or five after. The scientists hope to mass produce such devices, and perhaps even export them to countries lacking in development or prone to famine, such as Vegvarak, who are still suffering from one.
The private weapons restrictions on citizens of the papacy was lessened in Spain Tuesday, by King Carlos VI. In an effort to promote self-protection and reliance, he's allowed trained police and specially certified members of the lower classes to purchase military surplus weaponry, outdated after the reforms of the army.
Retirement has been abolished by Stefano De' Medici today. Medici has declared that as long as people have the ability to live under god's grace on this world, they can and will continue to do his good works. Protests by former-pensioners were silenced as the inquisition threatened to make inquiries into the leadership's members.
Francisco de Borja, Secretary of State, has made a new requirement that all members of the Curia must work within charitable or altruistic organizations for the poor and trodden at least for at least twenty hours per week. Approved by Helius, the requirement will go into affect starting next month.
In a move that is controversial among the more conservative members of the curia, Pope Helius has made a nationwide BAN on 'Conversion Therapy', as well as writing a mini-encyclical instructing his Catholic subjects and Catholic majority countries to ban it as well. Citing medical research as well as psychological literature, Helius made this ban to not only protect the homosexual citizens of his kingdoms, but to prevent the grave sin of suicide from occurring. "Suicide, a mortal sin, should be prevented at all costs. Especially if this sin is caused by external factors. The church needs to aid all of its subjects, not just the self-righteous few." Helius wrote in the letter. The pope has also directed Stefano de' Medici to increase the subsidization of mental health relief and outreach throughout the empire.
Scientific breakthroughs in the development of lab-grown organs and meat were announced on Thursday by scientists in Belgium. Working to decrease the burden of food pricing and malnutrition on the poorest as well as a source of organs for those in dire need of them, the scientists said they've begun work on creating a physical prototype of a device that will grow meat patties and another that will 'print' a heart for an elderly man who has no donors available. They will be complete within the year, and testing will be done for another four or five after. The scientists hope to mass produce such devices, and perhaps even export them to countries lacking in development or prone to famine, such as Vegvarak, who are still suffering from one.
The private weapons restrictions on citizens of the papacy was lessened in Spain Tuesday, by King Carlos VI. In an effort to promote self-protection and reliance, he's allowed trained police and specially certified members of the lower classes to purchase military surplus weaponry, outdated after the reforms of the army.
Retirement has been abolished by Stefano De' Medici today. Medici has declared that as long as people have the ability to live under god's grace on this world, they can and will continue to do his good works. Protests by former-pensioners were silenced as the inquisition threatened to make inquiries into the leadership's members.
Francisco de Borja, Secretary of State, has made a new requirement that all members of the Curia must work within charitable or altruistic organizations for the poor and trodden at least for at least twenty hours per week. Approved by Helius, the requirement will go into affect starting next month.